Staff Reporter
Islamabad
Pakistan’s goods and services trade with United Kingdom (UK) witnessed surplus of 4.37 percent during first three months of current financial year (2020-21) as compared to the corresponding period of last year.
The overall surplus was recorded at US $252.8 million July-September (2020-21) against US $242.2 million during July-September (2019-20), showing positive growth of 4.37 percent, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) reported.
Pakistan exports to UK were recorded at US $427.5 million during the period under review as against the exports of US $426.4 million during same period of last year, showing nominal increase of 0.25 percent, SBP data revealed. On year-to-year basis, the exports to UK increased by 8.64 percent by going up from $141.5 million in September 2019, against the exports of $153.7 million in September 2020.
